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Grandma in small blue dot smack in the middle of the U.S. My feline roomate’s name is Calvin.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can one up that. Lincoln NE has voted for Democrats to lead us for several years. The petition process put three amendments on the current ballot that would change the voting cycle to oust the current mayor and allow people living 3 miles outside the city limits to vote in city elections.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everything Pedolf Shitler says is bullshit. He couldn’t tell the truth to save his worthless, shitty life.
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Pete Ricketts for U.S. Senate — Corporate PAC Pete
For sale, and proud of it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can't wait for Bibi and Trump to either leave office or be carried out and stapled to a telephone pole. Stunning self-centered crooks and cheats. How does the world, including us, put people like this in power? How?
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More ♥️♥️♥️ if I could!
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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 01/09/2026
GAO report: Walmart, Amazon lead in worker SNAP and Medicaid use www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026... Study was commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
And across six states - Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Rhode Island - food retailers employed the following numbers of Medicaid recipients:

Walmart - 16,055

Amazon - 11,338

Dollar General - 5,601

Dollar Tree - 3,265

Kroger - 2,818

Target - 2,326

Family Dollar - 1,845

Stop & Shop - 1,691

Walgreens - 1,300

CVS-1,209The report also shows that across nine states - Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee and Washington - food retailers employed the following numbers of SNAP recipients:

Walmart - 15,515

Amazon - 12,346

Dollar General - 5,187

Dollar Tree - 4,229

Kroger - 3,302

Family Dollar - 1,933

Walgreens - 1,747

Target - 1,695

Taco Bell - 1,569
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/08/2026
Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Someone please draw a cartoon of a yellow-bellied sapsucker with Trump’s hair and tie.
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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
08/04/26 AM: Did YOU have Breakfast? 14,000,000 children are starving in America! 770,000 more lost SNAP benefits! 1 in 4 around the world wakeup hungry! You can mute/block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! Will YOU Be Voting for Children to eat in 11/26 & giving to or working in a local food bank?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
You can't make this up: the Trump administration is arguing in court that even a cancer diagnosis isn't enough to claim an exemption from his draconian new Medicaid work requirements. Sickening — and all to fund even more tax cuts for the ultra-rich.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 27/07/2026
America’s history is complex, inspiring, painful, and unfinished. The Smithsonian exists to educate and preserve that history honestly, not to conform to any administration's preferred narrative.
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Don Beyer Questions Historian About Censorship at the Smithsonian Museums
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Priorities.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New report from Ohio Immigrant Alliance: Of 59 criminal ICE and Border Patrol agents, 85% committed sex offenses, nearly 2/3 against children. "The sexual and physical violence against women and children documented in OIA’s report is not an aberration — it is a reflection of the agencies’ culture.”
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They Walk Among Us - Criminal ICE and Border Agents — Ohio Immigrant Alliance
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released “They Walk Among Us: A List of 59 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents,” an analysis of sexual and violent crimes committed by ICE and Border Patr...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
matthew always brings the receipts
• A law called the "Food Traceability Rule," designed to make tracing contaminated food easier, was supposed to go into effect on January 20, 2026.
• Taylor Foods started paying Sidley Austin to lobby. on "regulation of food safety" in January of 2025.
• On March 20, 2025, FDA announced they were pushing back the implementation of the "Food Traceability Rule" by 30 months.
• On March 26, 2025, Taylor Fresh Foods Inc contributed $1,000,000 to MAGA Inc, a Trump-aligned super PAC.
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🦋𝘙𝘩ₒ𝒏∂𝔞 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
In these trying times, a simple repost could save a life. Kindness matters!
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 17/07/2026
After careful consideration of tonight's speech by Trump it is abundantly clear our President is a whiny little bitch. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Totally different genre, but my family gave me all 9 books of The Expanse for my birthday today and I’m about 60 pages in.
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Glenna Prowant 🚫👑 @brewitchin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
But two Republicans—Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey—have recently received months of paid sick leave, even though they have a track record of voting against it for U.S. workers. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Republicans love paid sick leave—for themselves
These Republicans have voted against paid sick leave for workers, but now they’re using it themselves.
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💙🏳️‍🌈 Kh’ymm (aka Goldie) 🏳️‍🌈💙 @thegoldfishmind.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social turned decades of studying democracy into a nightly act of devotion, writing alone past midnight, no sponsors, no noise, just truth and care. She’s given millions a place to breathe, to understand, to feel less alone. Grateful for her light in the dark. TYSM HCR! #Pinks
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Can you read my mind???
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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✠ 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/07/2026
For most of us, seeing the Klan 2.0, a.k.a. Patriot Front, march through Washington, D.C., unchallenged by authorities overshadowed any celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. My ancestors lived through this. And no one today can say with a straight face that racism is behind us.
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Costa Rica Kid @zymplex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Why it’s time for Democratic socialism!
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/06/2026
Two pages. The same story. SNAP cuts: American children are losing food assistance and going hungry. USAID gutted: Children overseas are dying after humanitarian aid was cut. History won’t remember the excuses. It’ll remember who let children suffer. #RepublicansStarveChildren
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RescueJen @rescuejen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
You don't say.
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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫
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Barbie Williams @barbiewilliams892.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Remember when we had a President who loved his dog
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Flyaway (she/her) @flyaway.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thanks😊 It's funny, we were each growing up in one of the outer boroughs of NYC at the same time, but we're sooo different. He has all the bad traits of a typical NY'er (plus many from his evil parents), while I left NYC as soon as I could because of those typical traits & ended up in the DC area.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Good morning, Bluesky! ☕️☀️ Today is a very special day for America, a day to celebrate the greatest president of our time. Let’s celebrate Obama Appreciation Day all day long!🇺🇸 Thank you for your service, President Barack Obama! 🤟🏻🇺🇸 #ProudBlue #ObamaAppreciationDay #FucktRump
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Calvin
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Holly McBride @hollymcbride.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I just saw him say that he’s not worried about anything that is revealed that happened “before I went into politics” my brother in Christ that was less than a year ago. We’re supposed to men in black wipe 99% of your life?
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A second federal commission reviewing Trump’s plan to build a 250-foot vanity arch in Washington with a 60-foot-tall gilded, winged Lady Liberty figure has been deluged with negative comments from the public. 99% of the 1696 comments were negative. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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'Stop this madness!': Trump's arch draws deluge of negative comments
The Department of Interior says the purpose of the arch is to celebrate the triumphs of the American people and inspire patriotism and love of country
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mstraat.bsky.social @mstraat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
What ink did you get?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/05/2026
Experts estimate the death toll from babies not receiving vitamin K shots may be greater than reported. More than 700 newborns died from spontaneous bleeding in their brains in 2024, a common result of vitamin K deficiency.
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026
Trump: "We have a man who is doing a great job. I knew it! Because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. He kept me out of jail."
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Alt_Rogue @altrogue.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Samuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights Act. newrepublic.com/post/210174/...
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Samuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights Act
Alito cited data provided by the Department of Justice that used faulty methodology.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026
the White House menu today as administration officials brag about kicking 4.5 million Americans off food stamps and gas is over $4.50 a gallon -- Caprese salad -- Chicken Paillard -- Vanilla panna cotta (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
image from a White House event of glasses on table with the menu at the center
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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pete Ricketts made $10 million in the stock market in April 2025. That works out to $62,500 an hour, $476,190 per day $1,041 per minute $17.36 per second And yet he still thinks billionaires deserve tax cuts and that members of congress should be able to buy and trade stocks.
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